Morefield
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Morefield Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH116639 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | IV26 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Morefield (A' Mhór-choille in Gaelic) is a small hamlet, lying on the northern shore of Loch Broom, 2 miles to the north of Ullapool and south of Rhue in Ross and Cromarty, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.1
In some early documents2 it is written as Morchyle.
Etymology
The English name is a corruption of the Gaelic meaning "the big wood".
References
References
- Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Morefield". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- See, for example, the surveyor Peter May's 1755 map of the Barony of Coigach